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Man awaiting trial for HOA killings found dead in jail cell

Mahmoud Hindi, the man awaiting trial for the murders of two men at a homeowners association meeting, is found hanging in his jail cell Saturday.

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Updated: 1:33 PM EDT Oct 20, 2013

Man awaiting trial for HOA killings found dead in jail cell

Mahmoud Hindi, the man awaiting trial for the murders of two men at a homeowners association meeting, is found hanging in his jail cell Saturday.

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Updated: 1:33 PM EDT Oct 20, 2013

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WEBVTT A MAN AWAITING TRIAL FOR OPENING FIRE AT A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MEETING, KILLING TWO PEOPLE, TAKES HIS OWN LIFE. WLKY'S MATT MCCUTCHEON IS LIVE TONIGHT AT METRO CORRECTIONS. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES HERE TONIGHT.. BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY IT APPEARS THAT 56-YEAR-OLD MAHMOUD HINDI TOOK HIS OWN LIFE AROUND 4:00 PM IN HIS CELL. JUST A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE MURDERS OF TWO MEN AT A SUB-DIVISION MEETING, ANOTHER SURPRISE. THE MAN AT THE CENTER OF THE INVESTIGATION, OFFICIALS SAY, HANGED HIMSELF WITH A BED SHEET IN HIS JAIL CELL. ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2012... MAHMOUD HINDI IS ACCUSED OF ENTERING A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING AT THE SPRINGDALE COMMUNITY CHURCH, PULLING OUT A GUN, AND FIRING THE SHOTS THAT KILLED DAVID MERRITT AND MARVIN FISHER. HINDI WENT INTO EXPLICIT DETAIL TO LMPD INVESTIGATORS. HE'S BEEN VOCAL IN COURT PROCEEDINGS EVER SINCE. NEIGHBORS WERE EXPECTING A LONG, EMOTIONAL TRIAL NEXT SUMMER... BUT ALL OF THAT CHANGED SATURDAY. HINDI AND THE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION WERE INVOLVED IN AN ONGOING DISPUTE...BECAUSE HINDI BUILT AN EXTRA DRIVEWAY AND FENCE...WITHOUT CITY APPROVAL. DAVID MERRITT WAS ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO CHALLENGED THAT, AND POLICE SAY, WAS ONE OF HINDI'S TARGETS. MERRITT'S WIDOW DIDN'T WISH TO BE ON CAMERA, BUT TELLS WLKY SHE DIDN'T THINK THE CASE WOULD END THIS WAY. SHE SAID IT CLOSES A DARK CHAPTER IN HER FAMILY'S LIFE. CHANGED THIS COMMUNITY, BRINGING NEIGHBORS TOGETHER IN THEIR DARKEST HOUR. HINDI HAD JUST BEEN IN COURT EARLIER THIS MONTH.. AS ATTORNEYS WORKED TOWARD A JULY 2014 TRIAL. THE HINDI FAMILY DIDN'T WISH TO COMMENT TONIGHT, BUT PREVIOUSLY TOLD WLKY THEY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT. MMC, WLKY NEWS. ACCORDING TO METRO CORRECTIONS HINDI WAS OBSERVED IN HIS CELL PRAYING THIS AFTERNOON...TEN MINUTES LATER HE WAS DISCOVERED HANGING. C-P-R WAS PERFORMED...HINDI WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

Man awaiting trial for HOA killings found dead in jail cell

Mahmoud Hindi, the man awaiting trial for the murders of two men at a homeowners association meeting, is found hanging in his jail cell Saturday.